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squeeze

verbbriathar
1. press firmly
2. force out by pressing
3. get through or into tight space
4. just succeed
5. limit, reduce
6. put business etc under pressure
7. get (sth) using persuasion, threats etc
8. use persuasion, threats etc on (sb)
nounAinmfhocal
9. act of pressing firmly
10. small amount of liquid
11. squash, crush
12. reduction
13. boyfriend, girlfriend
PhrasesNathanna
Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha
 verbbriathar 1 press firmly transitiveaistreachfáisc verb cmu he squeezed her hand d'fháisc sé a lámh squeeze the lemons fáisc na líomóidí intransitiveneamhaistreachfáisc verb cmu don't squeeze too hard ná fáisc róchrua 2 force out by pressing transitiveaistreachfáisc verb cmu squeeze the air out of the bags fáisc an t-aer as na málaí 3 get through or into tight space intransitiveneamhaistreachbrúigh verb cmu six of us squeezed into the car bhrúigh seisear dínn isteach le chéile sa charr you'll have to squeeze together beidh oraibh teannadh isteach le chéile transitiveaistreachbrúigh verb cmufáisc verb cmu how many people can be squeezed in? cá mhéad duine is féidir a bhrú isteach? 4 just succeed intransitiveneamhaistreach we squeezed through to the next round fuaireamar tríd ar éigean chuig an gcéad bhabhta eile, d'éirigh linn dul ar aghaidh chuig an gcéad bhabhta eile ar éigean 5 limit, reduce transitiveaistreachlaghdaigh verb cmuciorraigh verb cmu profit margins are being squeezed tá na corrlaigh bhrabúis á laghdú 6 put business etc under pressure transitiveaistreachcuir faoi bhrúbrú a chur ar cmu the local shops are being squeezed by the supermarkets tá na siopaí áitiúla faoi bhrú ag na hollmhargaí 7 get (sth) using persuasion, threats etc transitiveaistreach I managed to squeeze the truth out of him d'éirigh liom an fhírinne a fháscadh as it's a scheme to squeeze more money out of us is scéim é chun tuilleadh airgid a fháscadh asainn 8 use persuasion, threats etc on (sb) transitiveaistreachbrú a chur ar cmucuir faoi bhrú they're squeezing witnesses for information tá siad ag cur brú ar fhinnéithe eolas a thabhairt dóibh nounAinmfhocal 9 act of pressing firmlyfáscadh masc1 cmu he gave my hand a squeeze d'fháisc sé mo lámh she gave the child a squeeze rug sí barróg ar an leanbh, d'fháisc sí an leanbh lena croí 10 small amount of liquid add a squeeze of lemon juice cuir braon beag sú líomóide leis 11 squash, crush it's a tight squeeze in there níl mórán spáis istigh ansin 12 reductionciorrú masc cmugearradh siar cmulaghdú masc cmu budgets are facing a further squeeze tá ciorrú eile i ndán do na buiséid charities are feeling the squeeze tá na carthanais faoi bhrú 13 (especially USSAM), informalneamhfhoirmeálta boyfriend, girlfriendleannán masc1 cmugrá geal cmu PhrasesNathanna to put the squeeze on sb informalneamhfhoirmeáltabrú a chur ar dhuineduine a chur faoi bhrú to squeeze sb dry an phingin dheireanach a fháscadh as duineduine a fhágáil fann folamh Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ squeeze in→ squeeze out→ squeeze up
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